67. In her statements, Judith Carvajal maintained that the day before his murder Carvajal had told her that “Mr. Bermúdez had offered [him] two million pesos a month to keep quiet [and] that he had said that he would not accept it because his honesty did not have a price.” 52 Similarly, in a supplemental statement, Luz Stella Bolaños said that Mr. Bermúdez “had offered [Nelson] the sum of two million pesos per month to keep quiet, and then came the threats—the whole family knew about it.” 53 One of the confidential witnesses indicated that he was with Nelson Carvajal the day before his murder, and that Carvajal told him that “he had received a death threat from Bermúdez as a consequence of reporting these events [irregularities in one of the housing developments], and after he refused to take a bribe, saying that his conscience was non-negotiable. He was offered money or a house as a bribe, in exchange for staying out of the affairs concerning the housing development.’”54 Another confidential witness indicated that Carvajal told him “that what he [Bermudez] wanted was for him to shut his mouth, and that [Nelson] told him [they] would have to kill him to shut him up, but that he was not going to allow himself to be bought off. [Nelson] also told him that Mr. Bermúdez had offered him two million pesos per month to stop talking and to mind his own business, but that he wasn’t going to be bought off.”55 68. In addition, the Director of the program “Momento Regional,” said in his statement that “people [were talking] about threats, especially in the neighborhood where he [Nelson Carvajal] was a school teacher, and so on the day of his death all of the neighborhood’s residents attributed the crime to Bermúdez and Falla.”56 One of the affiants in the case also indicated that, 20 minutes prior to his murder, Nelson Carvajal said that Bermúdez had threatened him because he know that the “Cali cartel” was giving [Bermúdez] money “to launder dollars through housing construction.” In his supplemental statement, the same affiant indicated that he heard Bermúdez threaten Carvajal and that the threat was on account of the fact that Carvajal knew about “the mafia’s money,” and had evidence consisting of the blueprints for the housing development.57 69. Based on these statements, the Regional Prosecutor’s Office issued an order stating that it had no doubt “that the deceased, Nelson Carvajal, in his capacity as town council member and journalist, spoke out publicly on several occasions against [the defendants] about alleged irregularities committed by those individuals in various public and private acts, which directly or indirectly affected some interests.” It stated that Carvajal’s reports gave rise to some investigations, including “Marco Fidel Collazos’s acknowledgement that there is a criminal case currently pending against him for alleged embezzlement […]; the investigation requested by Mayor Falla himself because of the controversy surrounding the negotiation of the El Topacio property […] and with respect to Fernando Bermúdez because of the public radio reports about the irregularities brought to light in the construction of the Las Acacias housing development, in which some property owners demanded that Nelson intervene through his radio program.”58 52 Attachment 12. 22nd Office of the Prosecutor assigned to the Criminal Courts of the Pitalito Circuit. Statement of Judith Carvajal Carvajal. April 28, 1998. p. 3. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005; Attachment 2. Office of the Prosecutor General. Technical Investigations Unit. Regional Crimes Group. Supplemental Affidavit provided by Judith Carvajal Carvajal in Case File No. 33.744. July 29, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 53 Attachment 1. Office of the Prosecutor General. Regional Office of the Public Prosecutor Special Terrorism Unit. Case 33.744. COD. -210-209. Santafé de Bogotá D.C. January 18, 1999. para. 52. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 54 Attachment 14. Office of the Prosecutor General. Regional Office of the Public Prosecutor Special Terrorism Unit. Statement given by witness whose identity has been protected. File No. 33.744. January 18, 1999. Code “Scorpion.” p.1. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 55 Attachment 20. Office of the Prosecutor General. Unit assigned to the Specialized Criminal Judges of the Circuit. Santa Fe de Bogotá. Supplemental Affidavit. Confidential witness. Code “Tree.” August 13, 1999. p. 4. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 56 Attachment 19. Office of the Prosecutor General. Statement of Manuel Antonio Castro Tovar. July 16, 1999. P.2. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 57 Attachment 3. Single Criminal Court of the Specialized Circuit. Neiva, Huila. Judgment of December 15, 2000. p. 29. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of October 17, 2002. 58 Attachment 1. Office of the Prosecutor General. Regional Office of the Public Prosecutor Special Terrorism Unit. Case 33.744. COD. -210-209. Santafé de Bogotá D.C. January 18, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005.